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Video Highlights of our Saturday Seminars in the Greenhouse
ROSE PRUNING WITH CORYOur very own resident garden expert, Cory, explains the in and outs of the care, feeding and pruning of roses.
She's been featured in Sunset Magazine and the L.A. Times because of her extensive knowledge.
We also have her Rose Pruning Guide available for download on our "Guides & Posters" page
HEALTHY SOILS = HEALTHY PLANTS & PLANETJack Engberg from Gro-Power hosted a great seminar on soil types of the Central Coast and how make them healthy through the use of natural, organic soil amendments.
CREATE YOUR OWN BACKYARD ORCHARDTom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery gave a spellbinding presentation on the feeding and pruning of fruit trees PLUS how to utilize your space in unique ways.
We only wish we had the space for the entire 90 minute seminar on video!
WATER WISE GARDENINGMike Craib of Suncrest Nursery's gave a great presentation on conserving our most precious resource; water.
He covered everything from soil amendments to drought tolerant plants and intelligent landscape design.
THE PROTEA PRO!Chris Chaney, the Protea Pro, of Mesa Ranch Nursery, stuns the audience with his remarkable specimens of Proteacea. Native to South Africa and Australia, they grow great in our Central Coast sandy soils and are drought tolerant!
DECORATE YOUR DOORSTEP
Our guest speaker, Nina Broderick of Do Right's Plant Growers, guides our audience through designing colorful, low maintenance container gardening for year 'round color.
You'll learn about her rule of (green) thumb,
"The Three L's:" Thrill, Fill and Spill.
You'll learn about her rule of (green) thumb,
"The Three L's:" Thrill, Fill and Spill.
LEARNING ABOUT LAVENDEROur guest speaker on this Saturday morning is one of the leading lavender experts, Janice Silva of Green Acres Lavender Farm in Atascadero. Janice talked about how to cultivate lavender, the types of lavender and many of it's surprising uses; from mosquito repelling to iced tea to anti-septic.
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To Bee Or Not To Bee
With David Maislen of David's Blue Ribbon Honey fame, one of area's foremost bee experts, will introduce you to the world of bee keeping, how to invite bees
into your garden, what bees like, recipes for organic insecticides so you can "bee friendly."
Plus, how to have your own observation hive!
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Fall is for Planting-Part One
David Herandez, (aka "Dr. David the Plant Doctor")
talks about native and other species that are perfect
for our Mediterranean climate and the biology of how these plants thrive with little or no watering.
Part Two, is below.
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Fall is for Planting-Part Two
Our very own horticultural expert, Cory (as seen in Sunset Magazine!) not only guides you through what plants to plant in the Fall ... and why... but also how
to "Go Native" for water conservation and for best
results with minimum effort.
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How to set Cinch Gopher Traps
Best trap ever. We know, it says "Mole" on the video but that's because they're using them on Oregon moles that are as big as California gophers. Wow!
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Tomato Mania!This was a great seminar where we learned almost everything you need to know about raising healthy, delicious tomatoes with gardening expert and professional grower,
Nina Broderick of Do Right's Growers.
Plus, Nina tipped us off about the huge Tomato Fest in Carmel, CA.
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Birds, Blooms & ButterfliesA great class on how to make your garden and yard achieve full, blooming glory by encouraging active participation by our flying friends; birds and butterflies. This Saturday Seminar in the Greenhouse was hosted by Cory Kelso, our resident garden expert who's often been interviewed by the LA Times and Sunset Magazine.